Krier Center
Art Tent conducts studio workshops at Krier Juvenile Correction Center, a facility of Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department.
Enthusiastic young men and women, ages 13-17, explore art and design through collaborative hands-on projects, designed to challenge preconceived notions of their capabilities and interests.
Textile Self Portraits
A Collaboration
Spring 2023
Collaging with fabrics, students created self portraits. The images were combined to make a record of a moment at Krier. They cut their sketched ideas out of fabric and added stitching. The images were combined to make 2 large banner pieces.
Installation Art
Winter 2018
Students used hundreds of feet of tape to create large scale wall pieces in the art room. Influenced by the contemporary world of design, architecture, and their own wild imaginations.
The final project involved transforming an inner courtyard at Krier Center, using plastic shapes of their own design.
Wild Turkeys
Fall 2018
The young women in the art class took on the turkey challenge! Using acrylic paints on large tarps, colorful & unusual images appeared. The finished paintings were displayed on the gym wall during the annual turkey dinner.
Portraits Transformed
Summer 2018
Students studied the art of portraiture through time, examining a variety of styles & techniques. Mixed media was the foundation for the transformation of photographs of themselves. Much creative transformation occurred!
Silhouette Project
Winter 2017
Students created silhouette cutouts and still life drawings, exploring the abstraction of their personal experiences growing up.
Mask Workshop
January 2017
Students explored traditional Mexican mask making, and drew inspiration from photographs and artifacts.
Projects included pen and ink and watercolor images, and 3D paper mache masks of the student's original design.
Print & Stitch
Summer Program 2016
Twelve teenage girls, ages 14-17, participated in an 8-week summer art program with instructor Deborah Mersky. After initially designing and printing on fabric, the girls spent the remainder of the classes embellishing their images with embroidery.
The workshop culminated with an art show attended by the staff, artists, and Bexar County Juvenile Probation administrators. Yahoo! The show was a big success!
